Garment hanger



May 24, 1932. BOQNE 1,859,353

GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 16, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 BOON May 1932.

Filed Feb. 16, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 24, 193.52

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE .bOUGLAS BOONE, OF LOS ANGELES, GALIFORId'LA.

GARMENT HANGER Application filed February 16, 1931. Serial No. 515,928.

An object of this invention is to provide a direction to the foregoing views and'taken light, strong, compact, cheap, convenient, on line 006 of Fig. 1.

' easily made, easily applied and easily de- Fig. 7 is a fragmental view showing the tached shoulder bar suspension for hanging ends of the spring portion inserted throu h garments in closets, wardrobe trunks and the shoulder bar of the hanger; a longitu elsewhere, on rods, pins, hooks, or other supnal fragmental section of which is shown ports. 7 and the ends not yet clinched on the bar.

A feature of the invention is the construe- Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the preferred tion of the hanger out of one or two lengths form of garment hanger as it appears when of wire bent and assembled in such a manner h g 011 a Wardrobe closet a cross 55 that by pressing the upwardly extending tlon of which is shown. Parts ofthe hanger wires toward each other the terminal hooks are broken out to contract the view. will be released from the rod or other sup- Fig- 9 iS an edge View Of the hanger shown port and wh n in normal o ition th ight in Fi 8; the shoulder bar bein 111 section of the garment will incline the terminal as in iq ed at {19, Fig. 8. A ragment of hooks to a firmer grip of the rod or other the 1:0(1 l Support F1g. 10 1s a fragmental side view partly Other objects, advantages and features of 1 880111011 ShOWlIlg the P g P i n of he invention may appear by the accompanying hanger and a detail the 9011118013191! 0f the drawings, the subjoined detail description sholildel' f sal'd P P d th d d 1 i F1g. 11 1s a plan new of 1g. 8 omlttmg The device may be carried out in a, numthe P ber of forms without departing from the FL; 12 1S a P Section on 11119 of spirit of the invention. Flgs- 8 and 25 The accompanying drawings illustrate the Shoulder bar 1 y be 9f y suitable invention in two of the forms at present mammal form and 15 shown at 1 as a thm deemed most advisable. downwardly curved bow of wood pierced ver- Figure 1 is a Side elevation of a garment tically near the middle, into which is inserted hanger as it appears when hung on a ward- P of supportmg members 2 R 'eferably robe closet rod; 2. cross section of which is mnstmcted of 14 sprmg stfiel mqkel Shown; there also being shown in broken lines or chrome plated, and of practically identical form. The lower ends of the wires 2 2' are the Open posltlon of the hanger ready for pointed as at 3, 3 for easy insertion thru the w1thdmwa1 g f q or} thetll'od and shoulder bar 1, forming straight lines 4, 4' a fragment 0 a an m operatmg t 6 same through the shoulder bar and extending a ,30 Parts of h hanger are broken out to short distance beyond the same to allow for tract-the f clinching. The limbs 4, 4 are bent at 5, 5'

F1??? 2 1 an fi w Partly m Sectlon toward one another and each wound about taken 9 11119 of fragment of the the other at 6, 6' and thence bent to form coil 40 Tod g Q springs 7, 7 and thence extended upward to as Fig. 3 is a plan new of Fig. 1 omitting the f risers 8, 8' th b i l t l loops rod. forming shoulders 9, 9' against which the Fig. 4 is a plan section on line m4 of Fig. 1. thumb and finger rest in operating the Fig. 5 is a plan section on line :05 of Fig. 1. springs. g 45 Fig. 6 is a section looking in the opposite The risers are then brought upward obof releasing the spring will close the hook liquely crossing each other as at and bent into rod engaging hooks 11, 11' the ends being lapped a short distance and bent over at 12, 12 to form a smooth finish.

When wishing to disengage the hanger from the rod or other support one needs merely to grasp the risers 8, 8' between the thumb and finger and press them toward one another, thus spreading apart the rod-engaging hooks 11, 11 permitting the hanger to be released from the rod or other support 13. a In similar manner the opposite'op'eration as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The most simple and common form of shoulder bar consisting of a curved flat bar of wood is here shown, but various'forms of shoulder bars may be used and of diversified material, as of wire (not shown), without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the modification shown in Figures 8' to 12 inclusive asingle wire 14 is used to form the spring members 2, 2' and the resiliency is produced by a single coil 7" midway in the wire 14=the coil is inserted in a recess or 7 slot 15 in the shoulder bar 1 and is held there- 1 to7 inclusive.

in by a retainer 16 consisting of a thin strip of metal bent into U-shape and inverted over the spring coil 7 f -the ends of the retainer 16 extend downward through the slot 15 and a trifle beyond where they are bent outwardly as at 17 and a. pin 18 inserted to secure the same to the shoulder bar 1. The two limbs or spring members 2, 2' are bent in practically'the same manner as described for Figs.

I claim:

' 1. A garment hanger comprising spring members constituting risers reversely bent to form lateral shoulders and thence extending upwardly aslant across each other and reversely formingsupport embracing loops; the shoulders-and the risers below the shoulders forming finger retaining recesses in which the finger and thumb may be caught to enable the grip of the thumb and finger to spread apart the hooks to receive the suppprt upon which the hanger is to be supported.

- 2. A garment hanger comprising a shoulder bar; two resilient uprights extending from the bar; said uprights being bent aslant across each other and terminating in hooks which bend toward one another and lap sufiithence extending upwardly aslant across each other and bent mto hooks, said hooks bending toward each other in a lap sufiicient to grip the bar, hook or other support when in normal position and when the two limbs are sprung together releasing the grip on the bar or other support.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los .Angeles, California, this 7th day of February, 1931.

DOUGLAS BOONE. 

